Bazi wrote:I can see why he's worried though, Guardiola might no longer need Müller up-front with a CF like Lewandowski who has almost unparalleled playmaking ability for a CF. Meanwhile Arjen Robben had a completely injury-free season as our best player in 13/14 and Müller couldn't convince in Guardiola's three-men-midfield in the 4-1-4-1 formation.

You raise a good point, but I think he might be able to fill in for the wingbacks as well if we switch to a 3-4-3. In a 3-4-3 we don't necessarily need Alaba and Lahm. A balanced winger who tracks back can do the job well enough, and Muller is one of those, more so than Robben.

That means if we go through with the idea to implement a 3-4-3, he'd be able to play in 5 different positions.

Bazi wrote:I can see why he's worried though, Guardiola might no longer need Müller up-front with a CF like Lewandowski who has almost unparalleled playmaking ability for a CF. Meanwhile Arjen Robben had a completely injury-free season as our best player in 13/14 and Müller couldn't convince in Guardiola's three-men-midfield in the 4-1-4-1 formation.

You raise a good point, but I think he might be able to fill in for the wingbacks as well if we switch to a 3-4-3. In a 3-4-3 we don't necessarily need Alaba and Lahm. A balanced winger who tracks back can do the job well enough, and Muller is one of those, more so than Robben.

That means if we go through with the idea to implement a 3-4-3, he'd be able to play in 5 different positions.

I doubt Thomas Müller will show much love for the role as right wing-back in the 3-4-3, I think Höjbjerg is the better choice anyway, Rode and Rafinha compete for the spot as well.

Bazi wrote:I can see why he's worried though, Guardiola might no longer need Müller up-front with a CF like Lewandowski who has almost unparalleled playmaking ability for a CF. Meanwhile Arjen Robben had a completely injury-free season as our best player in 13/14 and Müller couldn't convince in Guardiola's three-men-midfield in the 4-1-4-1 formation.

You raise a good point, but I think he might be able to fill in for the wingbacks as well if we switch to a 3-4-3. In a 3-4-3 we don't necessarily need Alaba and Lahm. A balanced winger who tracks back can do the job well enough, and Muller is one of those, more so than Robben.

That means if we go through with the idea to implement a 3-4-3, he'd be able to play in 5 different positions.

I doubt Thomas Müller will show much love for the role as right wing-back in the 3-4-3, I think Höjbjerg is the better choice anyway, Rode and Rafinha compete for the spot as well.

To me, one of the worst mistakes of Guardiola's campaign was his rotation; not that he changed players a lot, but that no player seemed to have a fixed position. I hope he rotates Müller and Robben at RW, but I hope he doesn't move Müller around as if he were a Großkreutz-like utility player.

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